No, there is no specific badge for answering the Featured questions.
However, if you consistently give good answers, you are certainly in line to be noticed by the supervisors, and to receive a recommendation as a Premier Answerer (see more details in the Related question).
The Featured questions can be found at this link:Special:FeaturedQuestions
Featured questions are looked at by many, there is a high chance of these featured questions getting answered.
The "Featured questions" are selected by the Supervisors and the Community Assistants.
Yes, they are automatically removed.
When a Featured question gets answered, it automatically gets "un-featured" and added to the data base of answered questions on the site.
No, the Featured questions list does not list answered questions. The point of the Featured questions is to basically "put out there" any unique, unanswered questions.Here and there, an unanswered may creep in, usually by a new supervisor. In a case such as this, the supervisor is soon alerted to this oversight.
The Ruby level contributor is the highest-level badge you can earn for contributions. To get this badge, you need to make 500,000 contributions. You can do this by answering/editing questions, organization, asking questions, or community.
Flagged Questions vs Featured QuestionsThe basic difference is that a flagged question has already been answered, although the answer needs improvement of sorts, and therefore gets "flagged." A featured question, on the other hand, is a question of interest that has not yet been answered (the minute a featured question does get answered, it automatically gets removed from the list of Featured questions).(For more information, see the Related questions.)
To become an Premier answer badge, It's required to answer questions which are well researched and answering a lot of questions on the site. These are recommended by Supervisors for their outstanding and consistent posts.
To become an Premier answer badge, It's required to answer questions which are well researched and answering a lot of questions on the site. These are recommended by Supervisors for their outstanding and consistent posts.
Featured QuestionsWhen a Supervisor sees an unanswered question that they think is a good or interesting question - which other people would also find interesting - it is "featured" and added to the "featured questions" list. Featuring Guidelines:1. Featured questions must always be unanswered.2. Featured questions must be of general interest.3. Featured questions must be grammatically correct and free from spelling and punctuation errors.4. Ensure that a question is assigned to appropriate categories before featuring it.5. If you feature something about a current event, distinguish it from similar events by including a time period for example6. Follow each question you feature to ensure it gets a good answer.
Featured . as in ...... Featured questions if you scroll down, on the left <-